Thousands of Romanian teachers and education staff took to the streets this week to protest the government's planned austerity measures in the education sector, while in San Francisco, an AI startup founder is organizing a "March for Billionaires" in response to a proposed wealth tax in California. Meanwhile, the 2026 Olympic Winter Games are underway with a scandal involving ski jumpers and allegations of penis enhancements, a New York federal judge terminated a case due to a lawyer's misuse of AI, and an experimental surgery is helping cancer survivors give birth.
In Bucharest, the demonstration on Wednesday followed the coalition government's approval of two austerity packages aimed at reducing the budget deficit, according to Euronews. The new measures specifically place a 10% cut. Teachers have threatened to strike if the government implements the measures.
In San Francisco, the "March for Billionaires" is scheduled for this coming Saturday, according to TechCrunch. The event's website, which initially sparked incredulity, features the tagline: "Vilifying billionaires is popular. Losing them is expensive." The organizer confirmed the march is not a joke.
As the 2026 Olympic Winter Games began, news articles were circulating with claims that male ski jumpers injected their penises with fillers to gain a flight advantage, according to Ars Technica. The rumor suggests that a larger bulge could earn jumpers extra centimeters of material in their jumpsuits, providing more surface area to glide.
Also this week, a New York federal judge terminated a case due to a lawyer's repeated misuse of AI when drafting filings, according to Ars Technica. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla ruled that the sanctions were warranted after attorney Steven Feldman repeatedly submitted documents containing fake citations. One of Feldman's filings was noted for its "conspicuously florid prose."
Finally, an experimental surgical procedure is helping cancer survivors give birth, according to MIT Technology Review. The procedure involves temporarily moving the uterus, ovaries, and fallopian tubes out of the way during cancer treatment. Last week, a team in Switzerland shared news that a baby boy had been born after his mother had the procedure.
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